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Singapore Medical Association
AbbreviationSMA
PredecessorMalaya Branch of the British Medical Association
FormationSeptember 15, 1959; 64 years ago (1959-09-15)
TypeProfessional association
PurposeResearch, advocacy
HeadquartersSingapore
FieldsMedicine
Membership (2020)
8,200
President
Tan Yia Swam[1]
Websitewww.sma.org.sg

The Singapore Medical Association (abbreviated SMA) is a professional association representing the interests of medical professionals in Singapore. It was established on September 15, 1959, replacing the Malaya Branch of the British Medical Association.[3] As of 2020, it had over 8,200 members.[4] It publishes the monthly peer-reviewed Singapore Medical Journal.[5]

Medical schools in Singapore

See also: List of medical schools in Australia, Belarus, Canada, China, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, UK, and USA

List of medical schools in Singapore which award the medical degrees allowing practice as a registered medical doctor by the Singapore Medical Association (SMA) under Ministry of Health (Singapore) regulations.

Current

There are three institutes which grant the degrees, among those the Duke-NUS provides multidisciplinary dual degrees. Priority is given to the singaporeans in admissions. Applications begin in March e.g. March 2024 for Feb 2025 intake. Since these medical degrees are highly subsidized by the Singapore government, graduates are required to serve in Singapore's public healthcare sector after graduation for 5 years (Singapore citizens) or 6 years (Singapore permanent residents) which excludes housemanship or first year residency training. At NUS & NTU, top 10% performers in the admission interviews are invited to the respective school’s scholarship interviews, and nearly 5 of them will receive the scholarship from each of these two universities.

  • NTU LKC - Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine: 5-year MBBS, 150 per year seats (15% of applicants & 33% of shortlisted), 450 (45%) shortlisted out of near 1000 applicants. University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) is required from 2024-25 onwards. Applications begin in March eg March 2024 for Feb 2025 intake. Following 4 documents are needed: A-level results, UCAT, personal statement (300 words) including list of achievements, 2 referee reports. Those joining from 2024 onwards & complete in or after 2029 will receive an NTU MBBS degree.[6] Applicants who have previously attended the MMI (Multiple Mini-Interviews of 2 rounds), will be allowed one chance of reapplication under the Aptitude-based Admissions Scheme (ABAS). Students who are undertaking another undergraduate degree or have completed undergraduate studies are not preferred.
  • NUS YLL - Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine: 5-year MBBS,[7] 280 seats per year (14% of applicants or 23% of shortlisted), 1200 (60%) shortlisted out of nearly 2000 applicants.[8] UCAT not required for Singapore A-level students, but needed for IB & International students.[9] At A-level, a good H2 pass in Chemistry and H2 pass in either Biology or Physics is required; and for calculating "University Admission Scores" (UAS) of the best six subjects (4 content-based subjects, H1 GP and H1 PW) at least one content subject must be from a contrasting discipline.[10] Following 4 documents are needed: portfolio of list of achievements, official testimonial, personal statement (500 words NUS), 2 referee reports (1 must be civics form tutor, ie. CCE Character and Citizenship Education tutor).
  • Duke–NUS Medical School, collaboration between Duke University & NUS, offers interdisciplinary "Doctor of Medicine" (MD) degrees for those who already have a breakfast degree and those who have passed a level. 72 seats per year. Those students who need to complete national service are not allowed to defer the studies.
    • Duke MD postgraduate pathway:
    • Duke Pre-MD undergraduate pathways for Singapore A-Level students: UCAT not required.
      • NUS Engineering & Medicine track: Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) degree at NUS followed by a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree at Duke-NUS Medical School.[12]
      • Duke & Duke-NUS Special Pathway: Bachelor of Science (BSc) or Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in the last range of specializations at Duke University 8n USA, followed by a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore.[13]
      • NTU-DUKE-NUS MEDICINE PATHWAY: Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Biological Sciences and Psychology or Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Biomedical Sciences and BioBusiness at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), followed by a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree at Duke-NUS Medical School.[16]
      • King’s College London-Duke-NUS Academic Clinician Pathway: BS. Biomedical Science BSc (with Honours) at King’s College London (KCL), followed by a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from Duke-NUS Medical School.[17]
      • Duke Kunshan China-Duke-NUS Medicine Pathway: Bachelor's degree in Data Science and/or Global Health Biology at Duke Kunshan University (DKU) in Suzhou in China, followed by a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from Duke-NUS Medical School.[18]

Former

Controversies

On 3 November 2020, in response to complaints that online platform DoctorxDentist was listing doctors' details without consent, SMA disseminated an email to its members saying that doctors had the right to be removed from doctor directories. It also offered to assist association members who wished to disassociate from DoctorxDentist for free.[19][20][21]

See also

References

  1. ^ "61ST SMA COUNCIL 2020/2021". Singapore Medical Association. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  2. ^ "SMA CONSTITUTION". Singapore Medical Association. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  3. ^ Chia, Joshua Yeong Jia (2019). "Straits Medical Association". Singapore Infopedia. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  4. ^ "SMA Membership". Singapore Medical Association. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  5. ^ "About SMJ". SMJ. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  6. ^ UG admissions LKC, ntu.edu.sg, 9 August 2023.
  7. ^ MBBS at NUS, NUS, 9 August 2023.
  8. ^ NUS MBBS FAQ, NUS, 9 August 2023.
  9. ^ NUS medicine pre-requisites for admission, NUS, 9 August 2023.
  10. ^ NUS medicine prequisites, nus.edu.sg, excessed 9 August 2023.
  11. ^ Duke-NUS MD, duke-nus.edu.sg, accessed 9 aug 2023.
  12. ^ NUS engineering and Medicine, duke-nus.edu.sg, accessed 9 aug 2023.
  13. ^ Duke & Duke-NUS Special Pathway, duke-nus.edu.sg, accessed 9 aug 2023.
  14. ^ SUTD-Duke-NUS Special Track, duke-nus.edu.sg, accessed 9 aug 2023.
  15. ^ SMU-DUKE-NUS MEDICINE PATHWAY, duke-nus.edu.sg, accessed 9 aug 2023.
  16. ^ NTU-DUKE-NUS MEDICINE PATHWAY, duke-nus.edu.sg, accessed 9 aug 2023.
  17. ^ KING’S COLLEGE-DUKE-NUS ACADEMIC CLINICIAN PATHWAY, duke-nus.edu.sg, accessed 9 aug 2023.
  18. ^ Duke Kunshan China-Duke-NUS Medicine Pathway, duke-nus.edu.sg, accessed 9 aug 2023.
  19. ^ "SMA letters to DoctorXDentist". www.sma.org.sg. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  20. ^ "Listing on DoctorXDentist website". us7.campaign-archive.com. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  21. ^ Teo, Joyce (2020-11-14). "Docs up in arms over website listing their profiles". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2020-11-18.

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